And while they celebrated Rory McIlroy's performance, they also heralded the inevitable: We've reached the precipice. Sunday at the Masters will become the crowning achievement of McIlroy's illustrious career or its most devastating chapter.

Rory McIlroy turned another major collapse into his grandest performance of all, hitting a wedge into 4 feet for birdie in a sudden-death playoff Sunday to finally win the Masters and take his place in golf history as the sixth player to claim the career Grand Slam.